Elena Rybakina powers past Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Strasbourg on Tuesday after playing an extraordinary match to play Magda Linette in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Kazakhstani added to her prize money € 13,280 after winning this match. She has already won € 27,040 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 24,265 to her earnings to get in total € 51,305 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Xinyu Wang Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 60 points vs. the Chinese’s 38.
Rybakina
Elena served extremely well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve, and she won 71% points (12/17) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Wang
On the other side, Wang wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Wang is 2-0 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Magda Linette – stats
Rybakina will come up against Linette in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Elena Rybakina and Magda Linette fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Rybakina won 6-4 6-2 in the Rubber 3 in 1 back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking Wang 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Wang couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Rybakina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Xin Yu was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Rybakina was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Chinese (31-21). Rybakina surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, Wang conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Elena won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Xin Yu was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 47 points. The Kazakhstani won 11 more points than Wang (29-18). Rybakina was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 6-3)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-4 6-3)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Diane ParryParry (6-4 6-4)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (3-3 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-2) – H2H details and stats
